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lesterkrimbaugh said:

I had to turn off my Always-on display (iPhone 16 Pro Max, iOS 18.2) because it kept crashing – the display would turn black and nothing would wake it up. I could hear it working but would have no choice but a hard reset to get the screen back. I don't really care because now it actually wakes when I need it. Stand-by keeps working at night despite what anybody says.

This has happened on my wife's 14 Pro Max too and it's a really nasty situation to be in until you realise what's going on and have to hard reset things. 

From what I can tell the problem has been around since day one of AOD. 

thrang said:

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mikethemartian said:

rob53 said:

Ok Germany, where's your computer devices that are used worldwide? Oh, can't actually make any that people want to use? Quit complaining about Apple's success and try and compete instead of trying to make money by fining an American company.

Your iPhone and Mac were designed on tools made by Siemens.

And their chips were produced on machines made by ASML. 

So the EU should sue/sanction ASML, as they are a clear monopoly in the market in which they participate.

Oh wait, they are headquartered in the Netherlands, so, hmmmm, perhaps the EU is not aware of them...

Why do they have a monopoly? 

And how can that be changed? 

They have a monopoly because US companies refused to take the financial risks involved in developing EUV, which on a fundamental research level can be attributed to the US. ASML was originally excluded from access to developing a practical EUV solution (which took decades of further research). 

Anyone can break the monopoly by producing their own EUV machines or substitute technology. 

Expect some Chinese or Japanese company to do just at some point in the future. 

https://www.investing.com/news/stock-market-news/china-chipmaking-stocks-surge-on-euv-lithography-tech-progress-3820907

https://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoimprint-lithography

"The United States is very wary of Chinese developments, especially in the tech field. With claims of national security issues at risk, the United States has already diminished Huawei's presence in the West, leaving it to be a major force in its home country."

I will qualify this somewhat. 

Huawei's handset presence was diminished in the west.

There is also the question of what 'the West' is.

After US sanctions, Huawei had to de-Americanise and create new technologies and products. 

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Huawei-s-Magneto-Electric-Disk-technology-combines-SSD-speed-with-72-TB-tape-storage.917148.0.html

https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20231003PD200/china-east-asia-mobile+telecom-wireless-networking.html


That has happened at lightning speed and is now irreversible. It also entered the advanced automotive market and branched its cloud business out of its existing category and put it in its own division. It is one of the fastest growing areas of the company. 

https://www.lightreading.com/5g/huawei-is-starting-to-look-unstoppable

Yes, China is Huawei's core market but that is basically how it always was. 

Outside China most of its business segments still enjoy a growing presence (Power, Cloud, storage, wearables, industrial AI...). 

ICT and related products are doing well - in spite of sanctions - and there is a big push in Africa and South America too.

Of course, there is the Russian market as well. 

Trump may call DeepSeek a 'wake-up call' but one has to wonder when he will realise that Huawei's current and future growth worldwide (with the exception of the US) is through billions upon billions worth of products that are virtually devoid of US business interests and technologies.

All of those current and future products could have helped US technology interests yet Trump (and the hawks) all thought differently. 

And now there are even reports suggesting Huawei is readying to re-enter the global handset market (even though it never really left). 

https://www.moneycontrol.com/europe/?url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/huawei-eyeing-to-re-enter-global-smartphone-market-with-in-house-chips-article-12914760.html&classic=true

It's all relative. It's true that we're now at a point where even 'clunky' phones feel OK in the hand, so shaving a few mm off the dimensions isn't much at all.

However, if you pick up my wife's 14 Pro Max with a case and then pick up my Honor 50 with a case, the difference is startling. It really takes you aback. It is very noticeable. 

If they can squeeze a decently specced iPhone into something thinner and lighter than my Honor 50, it might appeal to a lot of people. The unknown would be price of course. 

As for 'thinness' in absolute terms you only have to look at the latest Honor/Huawei folding phones to see what is shipping today.

HONOR is already on its third gen Silicon Carbon batteries so being thin and having acceptable battery life (and much faster charging) shouldn't be an issue, and Apple is long overdue for battery/charging y improvements anyway.

So, from a relative perspective when compared to most iPhones on the market, there might actually be some demand. Especially as it would be just one model and those who prefer the absolute most battery life would still be able to choose a regular iPhone. 

Honor was divested from Huawei a few years ago as a result of sanctions.

It is no longer an official subsidiary of Huawei and Huawei itself pulled out of consumer sales in Indonesia in 2020 as a result of government regulations (the same regulations Apple is dealing with). 

I don't know if they have plans to re-enter the market.